fisheries

New catch-and-release guidelines in BC will buoy up salmon survival
Sport fishers and scientists are launching a bid to improve salmon survival by changing recommended…

Canada’s concern about illegal shark finning by fishing fleets in the North Pacific surging
A cruel, wasteful and illegal practice called shark finning is occurring — over and over…

iN PHOTOS: Gathering celebrates salmon revival in syilx Okanagan waterways
Community members from across the syilx Okanagan Nation gathered last week for their annual autumn…

Lone chinook salmon makes ‘milestone’ return home to Okanagan Lake
For the first time in known recent history, a lone adult Okanagan summer chinook salmon…

Plastic fibres are a dangerous junk food for BC’s tiny ocean creatures
Microscopic creatures vastly important to marine life are gobbling up harmful plastic fibres, which pose…

BC First Nations question economic toll of shipping through Salish Sea
Tsawout First Nation councillor John Paul Etzel stood up and posed a central question for…

iN VIDEO: Salmon skyline takes wild coho conservation to new heights in BC
Winter sun backlighting their frosted breath, a dozen people trudge gingerly in the icy waters…

Swimming for salmon in the backwoods of BC
On a rare sunny late October day, a quartet of swimmers gathered around a deep…

Is Canada a high seas laggard?
A coalition of more than 30 environmental groups is urging Canada to sign a watershed…

Canada needs to curb its import-export swap to make seafood sustainable
A deep dive exploring how seafood can reach the tables of Canadian consumers and remain…

HOLY MOLA: Ocean sunfish sighting off BC’s coast
Sunfish sightings continue to surface on the West Coast and — Holy Mola! — some…

Drastic drop in water levels concern for Arrow Lakes residents
Residents in the Arrow Lakes region say they’ve been impacted by drastic drops in the…

First Nations youth in BC make their mark by cultivating ancient food systems
Two dozen young men spilled out of their tents just after dawn, pulled on gumboots…

Alaskans poaching Canadian salmon top concern for fisheries minister
American fishing boats catching threatened Canadian salmon was flagged as a top concern for federal…

Hundreds of Penticton school kids join in release of 10,000 sockeye fry
Roughly 10,000 sc’win (sockeye salmon) fry were set free into ak? x?umina? (Shingle Creek) last…